update DNS entry for www.geotools.org

[jdeolive]

The new geotools web site is all set up on osgeo hardware (upload.osgeo.org), now all we need to do is point www.geotools.org at it. A whois on the geotools.org domain indicates that osgeo is the registrant, but a dig on www.geotools.org indicates that perhaps the DNS is being managed elsewhere (zonedit). Asking Jody about this he was not completely sure who was actually managing the DNS.

[warmerdam]

I'll take a crack at this.

[warmerdam]

The geotools domain is still being operated from the zoneedit nameservers even though it is under the control of pairnic. The following services are currently available and need to be migrated to Pairnic Custom DNS:

 dig @ns16.zoneedit.com geotools.org axfr

; <<>> DiG 9.4.1-P1 <<>> @ns16.zoneedit.com geotools.org axfr
; (1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
geotools.org.           7200    IN      SOA     ns16.zoneedit.com. soacontact.zoneedit.com. 1105117764 14400 7200 950400 7200
geotools.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns16.zoneedit.com.
geotools.org.           7200    IN      NS      ns17.zoneedit.com.
geotools.org.           7200    IN      A       216.98.141.250
geotools.org.           7200    IN      A       69.72.142.98
geotools.org.           7200    IN      MX      0 mail3.zoneedit.com.
geotools.org.           7200    IN      MX      0 mail4.zoneedit.com.
bar.geotools.org.       7200    IN      CNAME   wfb.zoneedit.com.
maven2.geotools.org.    7200    IN      CNAME   maven.geotools.fr.
foo.geotools.org.       7200    IN      CNAME   geotools.codehaus.org.
dist.geotools.org.      7200    IN      CNAME   dist.codehaus.org.
maven.geotools.org.     7200    IN      CNAME   maven.geotools.fr.
modules.geotools.org.   7200    IN      CNAME   www.seis.sc.edu.
docs.geotools.org.      7200    IN      CNAME   wfb.zoneedit.com.
www.geotools.org.       7200    IN      CNAME   wfb.zoneedit.com.
cruisecontrol.geotools.org. 7200 IN     CNAME   geovista16.geog.psu.edu.
wiki.geotools.org.      7200    IN      CNAME   geotools.codehaus.org.
svn.geotools.org.       7200    IN      CNAME   svn.refractions.net.
repo.geotools.org.      7200    IN      CNAME   lists.refractions.net.
lite.geotools.org.      7200    IN      CNAME   geotools.sourceforge.net.
geotools.org.           7200    IN      SOA     ns16.zoneedit.com. soacontact.zoneedit.com. 1105117764 14400 7200 950400 7200

[warmerdam]

OK, I think I have transferred the key items to the PairNIC Custom DNS but it may be hard to know how well it is working till the old DNS entries timeout.

I can be reached at +1 613-754-2041 in case of emergency. I will check in again later.

I would note that I recreated wiki.geotools.org and docs.geotools.org to still point to wfb.zonedit.com. At some point geotools may want to stop depending on zonedit and need to change these.

[warmerdam]

I have added a test.geotools.org A record pointing to 198.202.74.219 (upload.osgeo.org). This should be usable for testing the new web site after a while. Confirm if it is working with ping before doing further testing.

At this moment it does not seem that yesterdays DNS changes have propagated widely yet. For instance, foo.geotools.org lookups still succeed and I did not transfer this over (assuming it was a test name).

[jdeolive]

Verified that test.geotools.org is up and running.

[jdeolive]

It does not appear that the zoneedit entry for www.geotools.org has expired yet. Should it take more than a couple of days to timeout?

[warmerdam]

I have removed the www.geotools.org CNAME record and added an A record pointing at the .219 telascience blade. This should propagate within six hours.

[crschmidt]

This appears to be complete.